foscadh

Irish

From Old Irish foscad (“shadow; protection”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-skātu. Cognate with Welsh gwasgod (“shade; shelter”).

(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑsˠkə/^[2] (corresponding to the alternative form fascadh)
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠasˠkə/ (corresponding to the alternative form fascadh)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠasˠku/^[3] (corresponding to the alternative form fascadh)

foscadh m (genitive singular foscaidh, nominative plural foscaí)

Declension of foscadh (first declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an foscadh	na foscaí
genitive	an fhoscaidh	na bhfoscaí
dative	leis an bhfoscadh don fhoscadh	leis na foscaí

Mutated forms of *foscadh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
foscadh	fhoscadh	bhfoscadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foscad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 102
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7